Principlev1
Maintain a recognizable behavioral default that is
Maintain a recognizable behavioral default that is occasionally adjusted rather than stated boundaries that are routinely overridden to distinguish genuine flexibility from masked capitulation.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from habit formation (Habits as Context-Response Associations) and tacit knowledge degrading without detection (Knowledge that exists only in tacit form degrades without). The pattern-over-time diagnostic prescribed here allows detection of boundary erosion that might otherwise remain invisible, particularly when rationalized as flexibility.